The Institute had organized a Day long National Seminar “Ideological Journeys: Cinema of Mrinal Sen†where Shri Maharghya Chakraborty, researchers, Shri Vidyarthy Chatterjee, well-known film journalist and Shri Samik Bandopadhyay, eminent film critic read out their papers titled (i) “Crow Films: Mrinal Sen and the structural Transformations of Bengali Cinema (1965-1975) by Shri Maharghya Chakraborty (ii) “A Comradly Sholder For Loners And Underdogs To Lean on†by Shri Vidyarthy Chatterjee, (iii) “Rise And Fall Of New Wave in Indian†By Shri Samik Bandopadhyay.